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grumpyduck

(6,277 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2024, 12:28 PM Apr 26

What is it with people abandoning animals? [View all]

I've seen several items recently about a dog being rescued after it was dumped somewhere or tied to a post or something. I don't even want to think about the one on Kristi Noem.

Are people getting that sick recently, or did we just not know about it before the internet?

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What is it with people abandoning animals? [View all] grumpyduck Apr 26 OP

Has always been a problem. Elessar Zappa Apr 26 #1

There was a big increase in animal adoption during COVID. FalloutShelter Apr 26 #4

Cruelty, in general, has increased with a faction that now excuses it blm Apr 26 #2

I don't know that cruelty has increased. Elessar Zappa Apr 26 #3

Shelters and rescues are full. So, people dump them. Kristi Noem is another story. LeftInTX Apr 26 #5

If you're seeing those stories as posts on Facebook, they're likely scams. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 26 #6

I'm not on Facebook. grumpyduck Apr 26 #14

It is bad in the Tropics too. GreenWave Apr 26 #7

I belong to a local cat TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) revmclaren Apr 26 #8

I don't why people dump animals. My Mom and Dad lived behind a state park in the Missouri Ozarks, on a sparsely SWBTATTReg Apr 26 #9

That's my sisters's experience in S. Indiana. maxsolomon Apr 26 #12

No conscious get the red out Apr 26 #10

Unfortunately it's probably been going on for ages. Fla Dem Apr 26 #11

I once brought a cat back to the US from Japan. I got him while... 3catwoman3 Apr 26 #13